I recently read a vacancy for a C/C++ engineer where they explicitly mentioned they don't use AI. I can't find it anymore and it was a small specific Dutch company, but at least that still happens. I can imagine in places where cybersecurity is important they may also not use it (except that those actually developing cybersecurity NEED to use it to keep up...).
They started originally to help people move away from Big Tech, but they do say early on the homepage:
> And now AI is making all that much worse...
As for your questions, I agree those are different and related discussions that I'm not looking to bring here, as I'm not sure it'll be necessarily productive, but I'm happy to be proven wrong!
Advances in small models, on-device. This feels closest to your question.
The rare CEO who is maybe bearish on AI, but preparing for a bubble to burst. Asset managers, for instance. Paid to be early, but also to survive being early.
The actual purpose of hyperscalar data centers. Are they all guilty of advancing some mass surveillance? Or do we call it model training, which is only sometimes pointed at mass surveillance?
What is the Discord exactly about? I can't tell from the name. But I'm interested in a no/anti AI zone.
To answer OP, there's also the Handmade community which isn't necessarily anti-AI, but using it goes completely against its ethos, so it's very much frowned upon. And in my experience it's a great bunch of smart and creative folks.
I recently read a vacancy for a C/C++ engineer where they explicitly mentioned they don't use AI. I can't find it anymore and it was a small specific Dutch company, but at least that still happens. I can imagine in places where cybersecurity is important they may also not use it (except that those actually developing cybersecurity NEED to use it to keep up...).
What sentiment does rebeltechalliance have about AI? It barely mentions it, and is clearly focused on the modes of mass surveillance.
To that end, there are two different discussions:
Does AI technology itself facilitate mass surveillance, any more than smartphone adoption has?
Does the financing structure of data centers facilitate mass surveillance; more than it facilitates advancements in AI?
They started originally to help people move away from Big Tech, but they do say early on the homepage:
> And now AI is making all that much worse...
As for your questions, I agree those are different and related discussions that I'm not looking to bring here, as I'm not sure it'll be necessarily productive, but I'm happy to be proven wrong!
I think of these as independent:
Advances in small models, on-device. This feels closest to your question.
The rare CEO who is maybe bearish on AI, but preparing for a bubble to burst. Asset managers, for instance. Paid to be early, but also to survive being early.
The actual purpose of hyperscalar data centers. Are they all guilty of advancing some mass surveillance? Or do we call it model training, which is only sometimes pointed at mass surveillance?
Oh hell yes!
I'm working on reinventing IDEs to give make human code editors competitive with agents again.
I have a Discord where I collect an ever-growing crowd of people like you who have become disillusioned: https://discord.gg/NfMNyYN6cX
What is the Discord exactly about? I can't tell from the name. But I'm interested in a no/anti AI zone.
To answer OP, there's also the Handmade community which isn't necessarily anti-AI, but using it goes completely against its ethos, so it's very much frowned upon. And in my experience it's a great bunch of smart and creative folks.
Everyone uses AI now.
Driver downgrades not allowed.
Flashing old firmware will brick the economy.
There are a few who will remain defiant, but they are easy to identify.
They are still wearing their Fauci signed COVID mask.